Palomar Mountain News

Beautiful snow days will be here before you know it!  Are you all set with the cabin of your dreams?

The owners doubled the land size of this one and have dropped the price $34,000.  Who is going to hang their stockings this Christmas at the Candy Cane Cabin?

Click for the info plus an album of snow AND summer pix at the Candy Cane….

Call Bonnie for ALL Seasons of Fun!

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We have another Bonnie on the Mountain!  Nick and Bonnie Spear purchased a home out on Birch Hill and are living full time on Palomar.  Bonnie is one of the smiling faces you see in the State Park these days.  Please see her request below for us to participate in her survey.  I just clicked through it and hope she has a great response from you subscribers.  Let’s all contribute our part to help her get an “A+”!

From: Bonnie Spear

I’m currently enrolled in a Masters Degree program. As part of one of my courses, I have to create and distribute a survey. I’ve created an online survey with the goal of determining what conservation issues are important to residents of Palomar Mountain, and I’m hoping I can piggyback on the knowledge of the residents of Palomar hoping lots of people participate.  Click for the Survey link.

Thanks to all and Happy Summer!

Bonnie Beckman Spear

She’s really cleaning up the neighborhoods on Crestline!  Brooke’s first donation from Palomar, she named “Lemon Squeeze”.  This little trailer that has seen much better days has that yellow stripe, and they had to squeeze her through a couple cedar trees to get her out!  One day of elbow grease and Brooke had her latest project nice and clean and looking pretty cute for her make-over (Double-click on photos to enlarge):

 Thanks to David Drake for donating this little gem-in-hiding from behind Oliver Brown’s cabin.

 Also, many thanks to Tracy Chesney for donating her pop up that didn’t survive the surprise New Years snow.  Brooke and Family were thrilled to haul it off and discover the little stove and sink that can be re-purposed in Lemon Squeeze – then recycle the rest.

Two more donations are coming Brooke’s way when the owners return in the fall from vacation.  Meanwhile, do you know of a tired trailer needing love?  Brooke and Family weekend on the mountain but live in Marietta area so perhaps you know of something off the mountain too?!  All proceeds go to her college fund and are much appreciated!

See also: Can you help Brooke?

 We will soon see new signs on Highway 76 near Lake Henshaw honoring Joel Mendenhall. Yesterday, our California State Assembly Member, Marie Waldron presented ACR 4 with Senate Amendments on the Assembly Floor in Sacramento where it passed 78-0 in honor of Joel Mendenhall.

See also Mendenhall bill moves forward

Mendenhall Celebration of Life

Joel Mendenhall’s Girls

Friends of Joel Mendenhall

(Video plays best in Google Chrome)

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Great mountain theme fabric on the futon!  Both in like-new condition. On the mountain.  Best offer gets them!

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It has been nice to be out ’round the mountain today, seeing extra cars in driveways of family and friends celebrating the birth of our nation.

Recently this music video came my way.  I see it was aired the year I graduated from high school.  That was a very long time ago, but from our house to yours, the message is the same.

We’re celebrating the freedoms we still enjoy in this country and may God Bless America!

Don and Bonnie Phelps

From: Ronchetti, Keith

Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2015 1:47 PM

Update from your PMFD Board of Directors:

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Yes, every little drop of rain counts!

Fred Brown sent us his rain totals for the year a couple weeks ago. We so rarely get rain in June, but that thunderstorm hit yesterday afternoon adding 2 1/2 tenths of an inch of rain in our gauge, to Fred’s total for the year.  Everything smells so fresh this morning.  Love summer rains!

The weather service is hinting at the possibility of thunderstorms today and tonight.  We have a lot of our things unplugged over here as it is always a good idea.  Several folks have lost their computers, TVs, appliances and more during these spectacles in the sky.  Scroll down at this link to read more about being prepared during thunderstorms.

At 19 years old, Brooke is a very ‘Happy Camper’ like it says on her tee shirt!  She just finished her first total remodel of a vintage travel trailer, named “Miss Penny” and has a lot to be proud of! She had so much fun doing this and would love to do more.  Her plan is to fix and sell these trailers to put herself through college.

Do you have an old trailer tucked away that has become not much more than a mouse house?  She would sure appreciate the donation to her college fund.  Dad and mom, Dave and Edie Bickler, have helped too, and are glad help Brooke air up or replace the tires and tow it off your property for their daughter’s next college project.

I had a heads-up call when they were on their way with this little gem, and was waiting with my camera when they pulled up to the Summit.  Three cheers for Brooke!  I’ve been watching her progress on Facebook and it was so fun to see the finished product.  So cute!!!

She polished all the pennies, glued them down, then covered the counter top with resin.  Made the buttons for the tie-backs with pennies, too. She completely gutted the dilapidated 1969 Shasta. Then did all the wiring, plumbing, painting, fitting the wall board and installed new cabinets. She made the clock, pillows,and table, restored the old Coleman ice chest – it’s just as cute as can be.

The family is up for a few days and if you have a trailer that you’d like to donate to her cause, they would love to pick it up! Please leave a message for Brooke at 951  3O6-2176.  You are also welcome to comment below and I’ll get word to them on the mountain – or give me a call.   Bonnie 76O 742 one 742.

Come on up to Palomar Mountain Ranch where a price reduction is waiting for you, and a whole lot more!

Let’s connect and take off on a tour!

Bonnie Phelps, Realtor